The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1897, Page 21

~ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1897, 21 GRIM CHANCES WITH MANEATERS The Experiences of Four! Bakersficld Hunters in Chiapas. | where there may be a man or an animal, Carcasses of Thousands of Deer‘ Found Slain by Prowi- | ing Tigers. i The War of the Sharks and Alligators | on All Land Animals—Beauty of | the Paradise and Lyre B:rds. | | “Over the cb where we b Freear at the the four w ain of lagoons in Chiapas, ed for egrets,” said C. H. | iternational yesterday, one o have returned from that is.a curious plant or shrub mangley. It grows up very h and when 1t has reached the | ght of eight or ten feet the top tallsand es root again in the water. New shoots come up and thus over a good part of the water 1s an impenetrable thicket. In or- der to get through the water boatmen had taken their machetes and cut a passage or estero, which when you enter looks like a little and very long trellised arbor. 1 bave seen these a mile or more in length, and when the tide comes in from the sea, if you are in the harbor With 8 |come in contact. I saw a number of | boat you will have to look out. We passed | them. through many of these in our search for| *We also saw many lyre birds and going from one lake to an- ain of lagoons. ets from the boat, | ad, and we had to be n setting (hem aiter they fell, alligators or sharks wou'd snap e lakes are alive with both | and the sharks are man- 1as the alligators. Any num- ber of egrets that we shot we never got at all. Probably we wouldn'tat the time see izator or a shark, but it was there, 10 sooner would the bird fall than a would come out of the water and tch it out of sight. 1se of the constant presence of ese animals and their boidness we had be constantly on the alert. A man’s fe wasn't worth a cent if he feli over- board, and I have had some unpleasant experiences when on a snaliow lagoon by | having an alligator scrape on the bottom | or the | would smash the boat. | the children’s play ground in Golden Gate | of the boat. We have had the boat wabble | and shake ti!l we thought the thing would surely be upset. I remember once an old | alligator was prowling around so close and casting such insinuating glances at me that I could stand it no longer ana blezed away with both barrels of my ~hot- gun at him. He was only a little way off and the aim was all rizht, but the gun was loaded with birdshot aud only wounded nim. He set up a terrible thrashing and fo banged and whacked the boat around by the impuct of his tail in the water alongside that I was fearful he 1 thought that was his object. If he had done that it would have been all day with us. “That's the way they do. They steal up to the edge of a bank or lakeshore, | and with a powerful swish of their great tail knock their prey off in the water. There they've got everything their own way. They simply tear their victim'with their great jaws and eat. In this way they capture thousands on thousands of the little brown deer that innabit that pari of Chiapas ana that come down to!} the water to drink. “They also swipe in many a thoughtless | tiger that also may come down to drink, | or to watch for a deer that may want a drink. Itistrue the tigers are very sly, like all animals of the cat kind, but even these sometimes pay tribute to the am- phibians. “Talking about these tigers, we saw many of them. They are thick through | that country, and have slain thousands of | deer, tha bodies and bones of which we saw. Thev are of two kinds, one weigh- 50 to 300 pounds, and the other a little thing, but beautifully mottied. The big ones can putup a ratuling fight. They are dangerous if hungry or if you mix up | with their kittens in any way. A safe way | 18 to give them a pretty wide berth, uniess well armed. It is the same way with the tapirs, of which there are also a great many. But these being herbivorous, won'’t bother you if you keep out of the way. But if you don't, you are liable to get lifted on their hook-like nose and be given a vicious scrape with one of its plantigrade feet. This hook on the top of the nose is really a sharp horn, set up like ahuge tooth, With it the tapir can np and tear any animal with which he may paradise birds. The tails of the lyre birds are set up in the shape of a lyre, and are ver beautiful, and the feathers of the bird, like those of the egret, are ex- | tremely valuable for millinery purposes, | Tbe great bird tuere, which resembles the | turkey in this country and bas meat like | a poea<ant, is called the pysand by the natives of Chiapas. It is a d:fferent bird from the great pheasant, or cassal, of Guatemala, one of which may be seen at Park. That is a country of wonders. Being tbere, too, as the first white men who have ever visited it, we saw things in all their natural and attractive wildness, Of course, we would not have enjoyed the trip so much, it is safe to say, had we not | 2ot the fifteen pounds and over of magnifi- cant egret feathers, worthas a whole about $9000.” Those who went with Mr. Freear were his brother, H. R. Freear, and E. J. Crab- tree and J. E. Garlick, ali of Bakersfield. They were gone five months. FOOD SCIENTIFICALLY PREPARED The Ralston System of Cooking Being Introduced in San Frauncisco. The preparation of food on hygienie principles is a subject of interest to every one. The Ralston method, a scientific system of cooking, has just made its in- 1tial bow in San Francisco, the system baving been inaugurated by William E. Ailen, who has establisked one of the most attractive restaurants in the City at 315 and 317 Bush street. The Ralston system of hygienic prepar- ation of food is quite popular in Eastern cities and is growing in public favor all the time. Every dish served at first-class establishments will, however, be at the command of patrons of the new restsurant as well asthe Ralston specialties. A feature of the week will be the Sunday dipner, which will be prepared in most elaborate style for 50 cents, with a bottle of fine wine. The appointments of the new restaurant are complete in every detail, naving peen arranged with a view to comiort, and the fixtures are neat and artistic. In order to obtain a cook that was thoroughly versed in the Ralston hygienic school of cooking ;&rs. Allen brought a chef direct from the Bast. The culinary department has been ar- ranged on the most modern lines and em- braces all the appliances known to science and mechanical skill in that line. It is evident from the substantial sup- port that this new restaurant is receiving in the wav of patronage, which has prompted the proprietor 1o keep open the esiablishment until midnight, that a sys- tem of hygienic cooking is what San Franciscans have long desired, and the enterprising and_progressive spirit of the Ralston’s proprietor is meeting with de- served success. & - TRIOKS FOR THE TONGUE. Try to read the following sentences alond and quickly, repeating the shorter ones half a aozen times in succession: Six thick thistle sticks. Flesh of freshly fried flying fish. The sea ceaseth but it sufficeth us. Give Grimes Jim’s great gilt gig whip. Two toads, totally tired, tried to trot to Tedbury. Strict, strong. Stephen Stringer snared six sickly silky snakes. She stood at the door of Mrs. Smith’s fish-sauce shop, welcoming him in. Swan swam over the sea; swim, swan, swim; swan swam back again; well swum, swan. A haddock, a haddoek, a_black-spotted haddock, a black spot on the biack back of a black-spotted haddock. gt i i The Shah of Persia carefully treasures an heirloom In the shape of a small cube of gold lierally covered with Oriental letters and characters. It is popularly supposed to have falien from heaven dui- ing Mohammed’s time. g a Jrump in Duplicate| Whist. he leading whist clubs of the | ion of declaring one suit | the entire play of a match or or “duplicate” a leading one. Many of our most os and experts alike, ea of not turning & trump. Fisher )n, one of the best known ex- rs on the game now living, in | etter 1 executive committee, which read e midwinter meeting at Nash- advocates its adoption in the ieague. ile we were a guestot N.B.Trist in New rt time ago we asked his opi ect, and he stated for duplicate was a good ides. Theodore Shwarz, t of the American Whist League | nree years president of the great ago Whist Club, has advocated this | e for & long time. Now John H. Briges | Amies of perts and wri s duplicate play ¢ without the agesiznated as The first reason which sug- he turned trump. gested the advisability of a change was the im- portance of practice under the methods which u'd be followed in the congress matches. It evident that this was a good reason. ed any chauges y important that they t out of the habit rump. This may appear very weak, but the following will show that the strong: It was a very im- plaver had been 1n the ubs for trump. A small card the attention was 1 his notice and he he entire deal g that clubs were To our knowledge the same thing has pany times. The second reason for the change was a *r quest rder” from an officer of the leagne suggesting | the “laws of 3 opposed rump, but they prefer to pl th They never have, so far as I know, ad Ames’ reasons of the “‘perfect equality s” and “the true theory of duplicate The reasons which they give are 1rned trump adds practically nothing It is only once in & great while that e of ylay is affected by it 0 as to Tequire any particular ingenuity in adapting oue's seif to the changed conditions. b 1t is our opinion that It can be set down as a rule, seldom to be broken, that the play should be the same as it would have been bad not & trump been ily the trump card will enable single card echo. Once ina while 1t will induce him to leal trumps which ha would not have done but More o Jead, either because he desires cord or because 1t On account of its size scares out vauced Mr him. Itm: but it s a'fact, that an nonor tu © Of fear to the average | whist-player. It 8 for this reason productive of much poor whist. Many g0od whist-piayers when & rong in tramps avold a lead up to the honor and make a play called “a call through honor,” to | secure & trump lead from pariner. It 1s mot our purpose to discuss tnis plav, bu' we will state that it s our coaviction that more tricks | are lost than are ga'ned by this play. Keeping track of the trump card, even by the latest im- proved methods. and the mistakes which arise | {hereirom are troubles haraly worth discussiag. To sum up. the turned trump adds littie or nothing to the game, while on the other hand it leads the majority of players into weak lines of piay which they overcome with the greatest difficulty. I calls for the extra trouble of record cards which often lead to mistakes. While the argument agalns: the trump card may not be Very strong, {he argument in its faVOF I no stronger, if any- thing no: 50 SLON. The Gall's Whist Donts Gured Him. ALAMEDA, May 10. 1897. Whist Editor Call: Many of my friends, as well es myself, feel we are indebted to THE CALL for the good work your whist articles are doing on this side of the bay. I also want to tender you my sincere thanks for the unend- ing good you hsve done me, personally, and our- little whist circle. My husband loves to play whist, and he, like all men, knows the game thoroughly from A to Z in his own opin- fon. For ayear or so before we were married we used to play together night after night, I as his partner. We aia fairly well, making average scores; of course, I made all the mis- tokes, ana aiways knew 1t when it was too late, but how patientand considerasie he was | the proper leaas and follows, | nand pisy. | with a copy of “Cavendish,” but my husband | 10 be before we were married. x as clubs was | for the turned-up card. | then. A change came over him a few months efter we wore marrled. My! the tricks he | would charge me with losing; he would get | bot, fume, scold and kick; at times it was | almost unbearable. Itseemed that every play I made was wrong. He would say, “You ought to have known Ihad the king,” or the ace, or whatever it was, but I realiy didn’t. I often thought in my own mind that the bed play was notalways on my side, for I know second and third The littie I do know was taught | me by Miss Wneelock. She also presented me | used to laugh at me so for studying it I gave it up while he was home. So fora long time | we, by mutual agreement, never have played a game as partners. About two months ago the Owl Drug Company presented me with & copy of THE CALL'S “Wnist Donts.” After reading tne little book I slipped it fnto my husbind’sinside pocket. A few nights ago wi were invited over to & whist party, and he said, ‘‘Nellie, let us play together to-night. | Whatsay you?” I felt a little “squeamish.” | We played the whole evening and he mever | once grumbled at me. He was just as he used On the way | home he said to me, “*Neilie, did you put thal copy of “Whist Donts” in my pocket?’ Writings of Nicholas Browse Trist. We have been asked a great many times if Mr. Trist has ever written a whist book. We | sincerely regretto say that up to the present time Mr. Trist has not favored the whist world with any publication bearing his name. About nine years ago Mr. Trist wrote a long series of articles for the Spirit of the South, a paper | published in New Orieans—the home of Mr. Trist. About five years ago he wrote another series of articles for the Inter Ocean of Chi- cago. His occasional writings in the Field of London, Harper’s Weekly and Whist, together with the others,would be a valuable collection in book form. We have all these carefully | preserved in our whist library, and some day | they will certainly appear in print. Galling for Trumps Holding None. | | whist Eaitor cant: I would like to ask about | ealling for trumps—if a piayer is justified in calling for them if he has nonein bis hand ? | This question came up at & whist luncheon vesterday, and 1 propose to get the views of expertson the matter. With cordial greeting ; 1am sincerely yours, ER M. Rosemont, Penn., May 2, 1897. We would like to shirk the responsibility of answering such a question, and would be very glad to receive the opinion of Miss Wheelock | on the subject. We will say, however, the only conclusion_ we can possibly arrive at when a player might think he would be justi- fied {n calling for trumps, holding none him- self. would be overwheiming strength in all the otner plain suits. In order to **call” from such a holding and put his partner in the lead he would be obliged to play two low cards without attempting to win the trick (oarring a prearranged one-cerd call), and this being the case he would show at once that he did not have overwhelming strength in all the other suits. Ifhe did he would be foolish to pass two tricks that he might have won. We be- | | lieve when & player deliberately passes a trick | that he could win he must be certain of taking two for-each one passed. We cannot see how he could expect to do this in a case like the | above. The chance of thirteen trumps being | | divided among the other three players in such a way that the partner of the caller could ex- | haust them to bring in one long suit is so highly improbable that we think no one but a novice at the game would ever be foolish enough to think such kind of play would be trick-winning. A Ladies’ Whist Glub in Vallejo. A new whist club has just been started in Vallejo comprised entirely of ladies, It starts out with twenty members. The officers are: Mrs, F. J. Walters, president; Mrs. M. D. Denio, first vice president; Mrs. 8. M. Levea, recond vice-president; Mrs. Albert Hodges, secretary; Miss Maud Street, treasu er; and the governing committee in: Miss Lena Holly, Miss Lovina Bushnel, Miss Annie Pennycook, Mrs. J. P. Tyree, Mrs. George Weniger. Ghallenge Match for the Rideout Trophy. The challenge maich for the Rideout trophy that took place in the rooms of the Petaluma | Whist Club on Friday, May 7, was very close and exciting. At the end of the forty-third deal the clubs broke even; in the foriy-fourth | the Santa Roses gained one; in the forty-fifth the Petalumas evened up; in the foriy-sixth the Santa Rosas gained one more tricks in the forty-seventh the Petalumas picked it upagain and the match wasa tie; in the foriy-eighth and last deal the Petalumnxs gained two tricks, which gave them the trophy. The Santa Rosas were represented by W. C. Hill, Paul T. Hah- man, F. W. Brown and H. G. Hahman, and the Petalumas were represented by the same team that defeated the San Franciscos a couple of weeks previous, John L. Camm captain, A. Morstadt, Lee Falkner and George P. McNear. . L. Harris looked after the interests of the santa Rosas and Frank H. Atwater for Pela- luma. The score by rounds is given below. The wtal number of tricks wi by the north and south players of each team are given, and the difference is the net gain. PETALUMA VS, SANTA ROSA. = g £ g Deals Rosa, ? &SI 91101 9] § 81| & 110} 8/10] !9‘ 7 ‘ Tosa, NS, 10/ % “Deals 1411 421431 441 451 461 4 T hosa, N &S| 81 6] 6 7‘ 8171 5 6| & [.... Petwr X &5 7 5| o o 4 o of 8.2 4 for Petaluma, 26; total gains for net gain for Petaluma, 2. Whist Gontests in Oakland. During the summer recess of the Oakland Whist C'ub it 1s proposed to have a few hittle social matches at home. The first one took place at the home of Mrs. Edmund Brown. It played in two sections—Alameda and Oak- land—twelve piayers on a side. This match resulted in favor of Alameda by & net gain of nine tricks. The second mateh tcox place a3 the residence of Dr. E. R. Sill and Oakland section won by a gain of eight tricks. - The tnird and final match took place last week at the home of Frank Otis in Alameda. In this match Oakland won by one trick. Stop to Think, but Don't Hesitate. The following article is from the pen of L. M. BBuve, whist editor of the Boston Tran- séript. This advice is good and will apply to some of our local players: After sorting the hand, before playing a card, one should make up his mind s to the style of campaign he intends to conduct. A great many players simply pick up their band and, after a cursory glance, lead from the longest sult, if be- llevers in that achool, and others from whatever happens to strike their fancs, if fellowers of the various other systems. With no definite scheme they make a s'art and await developments. The way o inspire partner with contidence and at the same time to |mpress opponents, s to play with a distinct otject In view. Itisnot nece-sary to iry 10 confase opponents by banging down the card, nelther Is it essential to play fast; simply gi: them to understand that you know what you a about and propose to do your share in winniug u rame. 1f opponents try to hurry you you can fuse to let them, but 40 NOt waste time when there is n0 good reason or fdelay. Answers to Queries. MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 2, 1897. Whist Editor Call: Your favor of the 26th to hand. Iaccept your idea of playing whist, but I'think it would take me s lifetime to play as you suggest, at least I think I am too old to master the game now. I can plainly see the more Istudy it the better I play; one trouble is, among my friends that play whist Idon’t find ohe that is really a good player, atleast better than myself. In a play the other evening the following hand was dealt. Will you kindly tell me the card you would select to lead? The hand was as follows Spades—D, 4, 3, 2. Hearts—J, 9, 6. Cluos—7, 6, 3. Dismonds— Clubs were trumps. You: HPT. Before we answer this question we will say to our Milwaukee correspondent, don’t Ret discouraged ; the more you study the game the more light you will throw upon it, and your interest will grow deeper and deeper as long as you live; particularly in after yenrs, when your eyes commence to grow dim, you will find that you have prepared for your- self a happy and enjoyable old age. 1t you will refer to pages 20 and 21 of THE CALL’8 “Whist Donts,” which are sent free of ail expense, upon application, the I such a holding is given. The fou absolutely worthles so drop it ve three three-ci Lead a card that will be easy for to read your probable holding. would be the jack of heart NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. 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An Effort in Massachusetts to Restrain Their Evil Work, The Massachusetts Senate has done the proper thing in renewing the rule of last year forbidding the presence of members of the lobby upon the floor of the Senate chamber and in the rooms set apart for the use of the Senators, and it has shown the good sense to include “all others” in this prohibition; for to put up the pars against the honest lobbyist, the man who frankly declares himself as such and to permit the man who does his lobbying under the rose togo where he pleases and to talk with members when he pleases is an illogical as well as an inequitable course, notwithstanding that it is in keeping with the greater part of our anti-lobby legi<la- tion, So far as it gces, the Senate rule is sensible and proper; the only improve- ment to it that occurs to us would be a clause forbidding Senators from having dealings with the members of the third house in places other than those speci- fied; but there might be difficulty in en- forcing such a provision. Time was when an ex-member of the Legislature had liberty to go almost any- where that pleased him, and, naturally, therelore, the position of Representative or Senstor was regarded as an indispensable preliminary course for the school of lok- byist. Inthosedays members of the lobby, by virtue: of their former service in the Legizalature, moved about among mem- bers of the House, even to the extent of sitting in a member’s seat and instructing angther member how he should or should not vote, and in the Senate-the lobbyist had but to beckon to the average Senator to come to the rail and he came. Now no- bodv not a member of the Legislature or in some way connected with it can enter upon the floor of either branch without 1mvitation, which is 1n_the nature of an indorsement of the visitor’s disinterested motiver. This is an immense improve- ment over the old situation, and verhaps not the least of the good results growing ount of it is & distinct falling off in the class of men who considered membership in the Senate or House merely as a step- ping-stone to the lobby. But the law requiring lobbyists or “legislative agents’” 1o register draws after it the consequence of giving to the member ot the third house a standing and a recognition which he did not previously possess. Furthermor: restric- tio! pon the registered lobbyi the lobbyist who obeys while the lobbyist who defies the law is left tree to plv his vocation without let or hindrance. ‘Then the law does not reach the most dangerous of the lobbyists—the ‘men who seldom or never go to the State House, but who do their work at the hotels or in their private law offices. There 18 a deal of flummery in the talk one hears about the wicked lobbyist, and very little stress is put upon the wicked- ness of the legislator who is in cahoot with the lobbyist. It is absurd to speak of the corrupting influences of the lobby, unless it be admitted there are in the Legis- Iature men who are corruptible. We hold that any man or woman in Massachusetts has theTight to go up to the State House 10 argun with any and all members of the Legislature who will listen to his or her arguments; but we also hold that the leg- islators have the right, and should insist upon it, that their privacy shall not be in- truded upon either in the legisiative cham- bers or in the reading and smoking rooms. It seems to us that the rule which pre- vents this intrusion is all the legisiation in regard to the lobby that is needed.— Boston Transcript. sl SOME NEW THINGS. A recently patented pipestem has an auxiliary hole bored parailel to the main hole and opening outside of the bowl to admit a current of air with the smoke. Oneof the latest canopy tops for bi- cycles is made so that it can be folded up and strapped to the upper side of the bot- tom bar of the bicycle frame when not in use. A bandy device for fishermen consists of acaseor book with a thick piece of cork at each end and in the middle, in which slits are cut to hold the lines and hooks. A new ironing-board is supported on two upright standurds, one of which has a series of projecting arms which revolve around the standard on which the clothes may be hung after they are ironed. To prevent a bicycle skirt from blowing up in the wind or getting caught in the wheel, a simple device recently patented consists of a rubber. cord, to Wwhich two safety-pins are attached. The sole of a newly patented shoe is composed of two sections of leather sur- rounding a fabric formed of a series of tubes, the ends of which extend to the interior of the shoe to ventilate it. Revolving disk cutters are used in a new Jawnmower, the teeth being mounted on a flat wheel, inclosed in a guard casing and turned by a chain geared to the shafi which carries the main wheels. ‘The combination of a_bicycie lock and “coasters,” or fuot rests, has just been patented, the rests swinging around on the forks to meet each other ttrough the spokes of the wheel, wheré they are locked. A new bicycle tire, which the inventor claims cannot be punctured, has an out- side metal shoe or rim surrounding the rubber tire, the flange of the outer rim face each other, thus enabdling both sides of the teeth to be cleaned at once, the forks being hinged together and fastened with a spring. Ball bearings are used in a recently de- signed fishing-reel, the balls being placed in races on either side ot the spool or reel on which the line is wound and adjusted by turning one end, which is fastened with a screw. projecting around the tire to prevent its coming off. In a recently patented desk the pigeon- holes are formed in a separate casing, which can be lowered into a _recess in the back of the desk when not in use and cov- ered with a flat hinged top to make a table. in a new toothbrush the bristles are at- tached to two parallel forks so that they NEW TO-DAY. No More Dread = — W7 LEs —Crowned WITHOUT PAIN. patent appliances and ingredients to extract, fill or apply gold crowns ——OF THE~— T E ET —Extracted WITHOUT PAI™. v —Bridge Work WITHOUT PAIN, and porcelain, crowns undetectable from natural teeth and warranted —Filled WITHOUT PAIN. These are the only dental parlors in San Francisco that have the for ten years, without the least particle of pain. We are not competing with cheap dental establishments, but with first-class dentists at prices less than half those charged by them. For the purpose of at once springing into prominence, until May 20 we will make Work done as well at night as by daylight by the modern electrical de= vices used here. DR VAN VKOOM acd his skilled staff of operators are in cone stant attendance. £ We will give $500.00 for any Dentist who will duplicate our Crown or Bridge Work. Stlver Fillings Gold Fillings... Cleaning Teeth All Artificial Sets by ¢ experience and a perfect fit guar- By leaving order for Teeth in the morning you can get them the same da:. NO CHAKGE for Extractiag Teeth when plates are ordered. AN UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAIL. MRS. ANNA STONE, aged 54 years, of 2568 Eighth st., says: “This is to cert.fy that I had seven teeth extracted by your new metnod without one partl paln. 1 can guaraniee there were no bad effects or sore mouih afterward. 1 recommend any one wishing teeth extracted wizhout pain 10 call atyour offize.” VAN VROOM DENTAL PARLORS, 997 Market Street. Three skilled operators. Lady attendants, German and Freneh spokem. Open Evenings till 8. Sundays, 9 til1 12. All surgical work done by G. W. Williamsen, M.D, T R T